Calla lily plant named &#39;Peter&#39;s Pride&#39;

ABSTRACT

‘Peter&#39;s Pride’ is a new variety of calla lily plant having hot pink colored spathes. The leaves are green with maculations present.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/766,205, having a filing date of Oct. 4, 2018, and entitled “Varieties of Z. sprengeri Calla Lily Plants”, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Botanical classification: Zantedeschia sprengeri.

Varietal denomination: ‘Peter's Pride’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of calla lily, botanically known as Zantedeschia sprengeri and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Peter's Pride’.

‘Peter's Pride’ is a product of a planned breeding program and the new cultivar was selected from the crossing of unpatented Zantedeschia rehmannii x Zantedeschia elliottiana seedling 17321 (female parent) with unpatented Zantedeschia rehmannii x Zantedeschia elliottiana seedling 17321 (male parent). ‘Peter's Pride’ was selected in Santa Cruz, Calif. as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross.

Asexual reproductions of ‘Peter's Pride’ have demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new variety are retained and reproduced true to type through successive generations of asexual reproduction.

Color references are made to The 2001 R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London, 4^(th) Edition, except where general color terms of ordinary significance are used.

The present invention has not been evaluated under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary with variations in environment without a change in the genotype of the plant.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Peter's Pride’ which, in combination, distinguish this calla lily as a new and distinct cultivar:

1. Hot pink colored spathes; and

2. Leaf maculations present.

Table 1 provides a comparison of ‘Peter's Pride’ to similar Zantedeschia sprengeri varieties ‘Twilight’ (unpatented), ‘Garnet Glow’ (unpatented), and ‘Flirt’ (unpatented). Further, the new variety flowers seven days earlier than ‘Garnet Glow’.

TABLE 1 Comparison Differing Comparison Present variety variety trait(s) expression expression ‘Twilight’ Spathe color Lavender Hot pink (Red Group RHS 55B) ‘Garnet Glow’ Leaf Maculations None present Present ‘Flirt’ Spathe color Reddish pink Hot pink (Red Group RHS 55B)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The accompanying photographic drawing illustrates the new variety, with the colors being as nearly true as is possible with color illustrations of this type.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT

-   Type: Deciduous. -   Main use: Potted plant. -   Disease/pest resistance: Moderate to good tolerance to Pythium root     rot and Erwinia bulb soft rot. -   Leaves: Green, with maculations present. -   Spathe:     -   -   Length.—Short to medium.         -   Width.—Medium.         -   Throat spot.—Present.         -   Color.—Red Group RHS 55B. 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of calla lily plant named ‘Peter's Pride’ as herein described and illustrated. 